For the past two months we the chaplains and first captain have been working on how we as a community can move forwards and how we are going to manage our community in the future. Our main focus was on how we will manage and run the community. From the feedback we got from you, the members, it was decided that no single person can solely oversee the whole community and from that the idea of a Conclave was born. This in return forced us to look at the current ranking and reward systems. We concluded that neither works as intended and lack progression.

On this update I will present you The Conclave and the new ranking system.

The following ranks will be part of the Conclave and will run our community as a whole. Each rank is tied to a certain specialist duty, but all members of the Conclave are bound to work together and help each other when needed.

Chief Apothecary

Chief Librarian

Master of the Forge

Reclusiarch

Watch Captain

Brother Krake has been elected to take the role of Master of the Forge and will specialise on the technical aspect of our community.

The new subcommand rank will be

Chaplain

The new specialist ranks are as follows

Apothecary

Chapter champion

Librarian

Sergeants(sergeant, veteran sergeant, terminator sergeant)

Standard bearer

Techmarine

The new member ranks are as follows

Aspirant

Battle brother

Scout

Terminator

Veterans (veteran, sternguard / vanguard, ancient)

We will start updating our wiki and technical details of the ranks shortly and after that they will be applied to all members.

Specialist ranks can be earned by any member of the Chapter through certain activities, as an example Sergeant rank can be earned by leading events enough which would then prove that persons interest for doing such and their dedication. However none of the specialist ranks hold any actual admin power as before.

First of all, we'd like to say thank you to everyone who attended the recent meeting to consider the future of Vigilia Mortis. A number of topics were discussed, but the most frequently voiced opinion was that VM should aim to return to the days of a Warhammer gaming community with a broader appeal, rather than focusing on a specific title. I'm happy to say that this is the direction that we were already strongly leaning towards, but given your input, is now our concrete intent.

As such, mandatory attendance is a phrase consigned to the rolls of history, and participation in all future events will be wholly at your discretion. Without dedicating the Chapter to a specific game, we'll be placing much greater emphasis on the Event request section. There's already been requests for scheduled events for several different titles, and they'll be appearing on the Events calendar shortly. We strongly encourage members to check the calendar regularly and sign up to participate for activities that appeal. However, while emergencies and unforeseen circumstances do happen, we would ask that you try not to sign up for events that you aren't certain you will be able to attend. Some games like Vermintide or Deathwing have a maximum of four players per group and others may be discouraged from signing up if they can already see four names listed.

If there's a title you want to play that doesn't appear, or is listed but at a time that clashes with your schedule, by all means make your own request and we'll add it to the calendar.

Over the coming weeks you'll be seeing a few changes here and there as the admins get to grips with the new regime, if you have any concerns or suggestions please don't hesitate to contact one of us.

Greetings Brothers! As some of you may have noticed, some things have been happening within the Vigilia Mortis lately, new members and old ones changing their positions. We apologize for late news about these things but here they are at last.

First, we start with promotions!

We have three new Castellans, two of them with their own specific areas of speciality.

++ Rurik Fral ++++ Ventarael++++ Turturibus ++

One Brother has proven his capability, faith in the Emperor as well as his zeal and fury within the battlefield, and thus has been blessed with the rank of the Chaplain!

++ Krake ++

Lastly, one Brother has shown his capability, loyalty, wisdom on the battlefields and martial prowess. This Brother has been bestowed with the rank of the First Captain!

++ Mograine ++

These changes have happened among our Brothers, but before we move on to the next subject, we wish to reveal rank which some may have been wondering about. The rank of the Chapters Champion will be bestowed to one who wins the current Tabletop tournament. And as time comes for new tournaments, the current Champion will pass his honourable position to next winner. Only one shall hold this rank within the Chapter.

Next subject will be Deployments.

This one will be short and should have been reported earlier. December is a month when Deployments won't be mandatory to anyone. December is a month for relaxing and celebrating which is why no one -has- to attend Deployments, this is mostly for our Command staff but also reminder to other members that if you do not see any Command staff during deployments, it is so because we allow -everyone- to relax and load their batteries.

Lastly, we want to remind everyone.

If you didn't notice yet and have felt that you'd like to host an event of your own or perhaps you feel like you have earned certain awards from this or that, you can request them yourself as well!

With this link, you move to forum site where you can find the award request form, it is simple and easy to fill-->

With this link, you move to the forum site where you can request for event spots in the calendar. We wish to remind everyone that if your not receiving any confirmation of your event request, poke the Command staff -gently- and we will see to it-->

Next newsletters will most likely be about the current Tabletop tournament, announcing its winner and so on.

And so we end this newsletter here. Vigilia Mortis Command staff thanks everyone for good year and wishes everyone Merry Christmas and happy new year!

From Valrak

Firstly I want to thank all the command staff in VM, these guys and gals are taking so much of their personal time out to make sure the Chapter keeps going, they have gone beyond anything I would ask even when they have stuff going on in their personal lives. Thank you chaps, you're amazing! Secondly, I want to thank you all for being members of the Chapter for another year, we had a rough last year with games failing and falling down but our community spirit has kept us going! You as members are the most important thing in this community, with you we'd be nothing, I hope the future is bright for us, but whatever comes we'll face it together as we've always done.